Urgent warning to meat-eaters as scientists discover pigs with 'neon BLUE' flesh that may be poisono

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Urgent warning to meat-eaters as scientists discover pigs with 'neon BLUE' flesh that may be poisonous

Daily Mail
By XANTHA LEATHAM
18 August 2025



Game hunters have sounded the alarm after discovering wild pigs that are turning 'fluorescent blue' in California.

In recent months, locals have been finding animals with bright blue flesh and fat and reporting it to local authorities.

The concerning discovery has left people baffled, with some saying they are 'at a loss' over what might have caused it.

'I'm not talking about a little blue,' Dan Burton, owner of Urban Trapping Wildlife Control in Salinas, told the Los Angeles Times.

'I'm talking about neon blue, blueberry blue.'

Officials have now warned people not to consume the tainted meat over concerns the blue flesh is a sign the animal may have consumed poison.

An investigation found the dramatic colour was likely caused by diphacinone, a dyed  rodenticide commonly used by farmers and companies to control the population of rats, mice and squirrels.

And they said the effects may even extend to other species including deer, bears and geese.

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[Smokin Joe]

What have the anti-meat people been up to now? If it's toxic to humans, is it toxic to the animals that carry it?

How about other predators and scavengers?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Cobalt poisoning can also make animals skin turn blue.

Either way, don't eat blue meat and don't eat yellow snow.

[Smokin Joe]

Cobalt poisoning can also make animals skin turn blue.

Either way, don't eat blue meat and don't eat yellow snow.

If it's cobalt, follow the little piggies back to where they eat, and mine it. Put a bunch of kids out of work...